%set paper size
%for A4 paper
\topmargin      25mm    %bottom margin 15mm
\oddsidemargin  15mm    %left & right margin 15mm

%for 8 1/2" x 11" paper paper, use the following definition
%\topmargin     9mm    %bottom margin 24mm
%\oddsidemargin 15mm    %left margin 18mm & right margin 17mm

%text sizes
\textwidth  180mm
\textheight 250mm
\columnsep  5.0mm
\parindent  3.5mm

%misc parameters
\headsep 0mm  \headheight 0mm
\footskip 18mm\footheight 6mm

%conversion to values for LaTeX
\advance\topmargin-1in\advance\oddsidemargin-1in
\evensidemargin\oddsidemargin

%as Latex considers descenders in its calculation of interline spacing,
%to get 12 point spacing for normalsize text, must set it to 10 points
\def\@normalsize{\@setsize\normalsize{12pt}\xpt\@xpt
\abovedisplayskip 10pt plus2pt minus5pt\belowdisplayskip \abovedisplayskip
\abovedisplayshortskip \z@ plus3pt\belowdisplayshortskip 6pt plus3pt
minus3pt\let\@listi\@listI}

%interline spaceing and title font for section
\def\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@}{20pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}
{8pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}{\centering\normalsize\sc
\edef\@svsec{\thesection.\ }}}
\def\thesection{\Roman{section}}

%interline spacing and title font for subsection
\def\subsection{\@startsection {subsection}{2}{\z@}{16pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}
{6pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}{\normalsize\sl
\edef\@svsec{\thesubsection.\ }}}
\def\thesubsection{\Alph{subsection}}

%figures/tables captions
\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{
\vskip10pt\begin{center} #1 #2 \end{center}\par\vskip 1pt}
\def\fnum@figure{\raggedright{\footnotesize Fig. \thefigure }.%
\footnotesize}
\def\fnum@table{\footnotesize TABLE \thetable\\\footnotesize\sc}
\def\thetable{\Roman{table}}


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